Every day, we are told by our betters that it is impossible for blacks to get a fair shake from whites, which is why we need to stack the courts, schools, HR departments and so on with blacks, regardless of qualifications. The bedrock of modern civil rights is set-asides and quotas to increase diversity, even when that means discriminating against whites.
At the same time, Michelle Obama says it is impossible for black people to escape their blackness. After all, if the Obama family is “knocked back” by racism, despite ascending to the heights of society, it is reasonable to think all black people are consumed with this issue. The woman is middle-aged and still obsesses over it, despite living like royalty so I guess she has a point. Black people can’t see past race.
Now, the drumbeat from the sporting press has been that Tom Brady must face a harsh penalty because black players get punished all the time. The perception is the only people getting punished are the black players. The fact that black players are ten times more likely to be arrested than white players does not figure into this. The heads on ESPN have been saying for weeks that the league has to be tough on Brady to make things seem equal.
The punishment announced this week is the same as players get for throwing their old lady down a flight of stairs or getting jammed up on rape charges. Serious stuff for maybe letting the air out of a few balls. In fact, it struck me as absurd until someone I know who has done legal work for the NFL told me the commissioner is scared to death of the media so he does what they want in these matters.
That got me curious. Who came up with the punishment?
Turns out it is this guy:
The guy who wrote the report is this guy:
Here’s his bio from Wiki:
Theodore V. “Ted” Wells, Jr. (born April 28, 1950) is a prominent criminal attorney. A litigation partner at the New York law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, the National Law Journal has selected Wells as one of America’s best white-collar defense attorneys on numerous occasions. Wells received his B.A. from College of the Holy Cross, his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, and his J.D. from Harvard Law School. He and his wife, former Secretary of State of New JerseyNina Mitchell Wells, reside in Livingston, New Jersey.
Wells attended Holy Cross at the same time as Clarence Thomas, now a Supreme Court justice. Both participated in a walkout based on their beliefs of unfair racially motivated practices, on the part of the college. The two were part of the same organization for African-American students at Holy Cross.
Let’s see. We have a howling mob demanding racial justice. We have black people running the investigation. We’re told that even wildly successful black people focus only on race. We have the whitest of white bread defendants.
Reverse the roles and what do you think our better would be saying?
I find the whole thing boring.
I don’t watch football on TV because it’s nothing but a few minutes of game-play sprinkled over endless chatter by the the sports reporters. (Mind you, I don’t mind that others like it. We all choose our own entertainment.)
I don’t go to games because they are way overpriced.
Pro football’s big problem is that it has evolved from a rough “everyman” game in which the shared vulnerability to injury tempered the violence a bit (similar to rugby), to a game where players are, to a point, well protected by the advanced equipment and certain rules of play. What that means is that the players are able to play in a very dangerous and dramatic fashion, but now they are prone to “peacock” over their accomplishments, with end zone dances and ritualized motions and signals after a play. It all looks a bit like gang signs.
Add free agency and football video games to the mix, and each player becomes a “brand”, in which the post-play antics become part of the brand. Some teams, such as the Raiders, have established a distinct brand as well.
The “Tom Brady” brand seems to be taking a bit of a beating lately.
I am not so sure football is suffering from a racial issue as a cultural one, and I would point out that one of the earliest and most prominent player “brands” was Broadway Joe Namath, a white guy out of the Old South.
Watching pro football is no longer a way that I spend a Sunday afternoon. If the Chargers leave town, so be it. Watching grown men act like gang members after a big play is not really something I want to be a part of.
I enjoy watching sports, but the NFL has become less interesting to me of late. Too much preaching of the gospel from the announcers. Too much other stuff intended to hype the game. At a game, the music from the sound system is relentless. It’s all too much.
I’ve thought for a long time now that the NFL is headed for a bad end.
re: “Broadway Joe Namath, a white guy out of the Old South.”Dutch
Namath came from a Steel Town on the Ohio River North of Pittsburgh: Beaver Falls. He was a phenomenal athlete excelling in Baseball, Basketball and Football. I had relatives in Beaver Falls and heard all about him at the time.
Dan Kurt
Your analysis on the racial issue seem right. Have a hard time feeling any sympathy for a team that is known for cheating and a quarter back who is a gifted athlete, handsome, wealthy, married to a super model, many times over a champion but still feels the need to cheat.
Didn’t know that Wells was black. Explains why todays ESPN radio shows were so over the top in ki$$ING the guys a$$…
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If you think is bad now just wait when being White will be made a criminal offense.